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InternetNews May 19, 2010 |
'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware. |
InternetNews January 19, 2011 |
Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks. |
InternetNews January 18, 2011 |
Attack Toolkits Spark New Malware Strains Do-it-yourself malware kits are all the rage online and they're making life much easier for cyber-criminals looking to turn a quick buck. |
InternetNews December 2, 2010 |
Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems. |
InternetNews December 15, 2010 |
Hacktivism, Mobile Threats Will Surge in 2011 New report from Panda Security suggests there's plenty for everyone to worry about on the malware front in the coming year - especially if you own a smartphone. |
InternetNews November 17, 2010 |
Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones. |
PC Magazine June 9, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking |
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 Review & Rating Panda Security has spent the last few years mastering behavior-based detection, cloud-based antivirus scanning, and free security software. Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 (free, direct) brings all these threads together. |
InternetNews December 28, 2010 |
Security 2010: The Year in Review Stuxnet, embarrassing data leaks and sophisticated phishing attacks dominated the data security landscape in 2010. |
InternetNews August 11, 2010 |
Malware Scams Hit New Peak in First Half Security software vendor McAfee says the number of new pieces of malware circulating on the Internet reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year. |
InternetNews December 16, 2010 |
Survey: 1 in 4 Users Shuts Off AV Software Despite the threat of identity theft and malware, a new survey finds that 25 percent of Internet users disable their security software to improve performance. |
InternetNews August 13, 2009 |
Craiglist, AutoCAD Threats Show Virus Variety Malware authors continue showing their creativity, with new viruses making the rounds by targeting Craigslist fans and AutoCAD users. |
InternetNews December 16, 2010 |
Mobile-Specific Malware Jumps 33 Percent: Study New report from mobile security software vendor finds a 33 percent spike in malware targeting mobile devices in 2010. |
PC World December 31, 2007 Erik Larkin |
Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs. |
InternetNews March 10, 2010 |
Mariposa Bot Shipped With Vodafone Smartphone Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone. |
InternetNews June 4, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world. |
InternetNews September 30, 2010 |
'Here You Have' Worm Takes Toll In September The new version of an old malware trick was the single largest security threat to enterprise IT departments last month. |
InternetNews December 31, 2010 |
Smartphone, Social Threats to Mark 2011 Security As enterprises increasingly embrace popular consumer technology, experts warn of coming threats to social networks and popular devices like the iPhone. |
PC Magazine March 26, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking |
Lab Testing Antivirus Software Roundup Many users prefer to build their own protective suite from separate best-of-breed components. Here's a run-down of your choices for standalone antivirus utilities. |
InternetNews October 28, 2010 |
Google Details Fight Against Malware At the SecTOR security conference in Toronto, researcher with the search giant describes Google's efforts to seek out and block malware to protect users online. |
InternetNews December 30, 2009 |
Malware Targeting Adobe, Social Sites in 2010 Security player McAfee runs down its picks for malware creators' highest-priority targets in the coming year. |
InternetNews July 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Trojans on The March Is it all Microsoft's fault? One security vendor suggests that users may well want to switch to a less-targeted OS. |
InternetNews October 6, 2010 |
Zeus Phishing Scam Targets iTunes Users In a scam likely stemming from Eastern Europe, hackers are targeting visitors to Apple's iTunes music store with an unsolicited email directing them to sites carrying the Zeus Trojan malware. |
InternetNews December 3, 2010 |
Phony Holiday Tweets Hide Malware Shortened URLs posted on Twitter may not lead to the holiday-themed sites listed. |
InternetNews March 3, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Digg Hackers Strike Next at YouTube Attacks are on the rise, with malware authors dabbling in spreading worms and scareware via comments. |
InternetNews November 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Google Wants Your Help to Fight Malware Google wants to turn the tables on malware and wants you to report malware to Google when you find it. |
InternetNews August 9, 2010 |
Cisco Unveils Top 10 Web Malware Threats Contaminated websites are still a threat, but Cisco's latest security report suggests that are plenty of other Web-borne malware scams that can cost you or your company dearly. |
InternetNews October 1, 2009 |
Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009. |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Hackers Use Facebook Mania to Spread Malware Facebook is a magnet for security threats and hackers are capitalizing on users' addiction to the social networking site to do even more damage. |
InternetNews March 2, 2011 |
Malware Apps Removed From Android Market Google moved quickly to deal with a series of programs in the Android Market that were infected with Malware. |
InternetNews June 29, 2010 |
McAfee Rolls Out SaaS Cloud Security Suite With its latest offering, SaaS Web Protection, security vendor McAfee is aiming to deliver a cloud-based software portfolio to combat malware and other online threats. |
InternetNews July 27, 2010 |
Microsoft: IE8 Thwarted 1B Malware Downloads With Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft set out to build a more secure Web browser, and 16 months into its launch, the company is touting a major security milestone. |
InternetNews February 9, 2010 |
McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. |
PC Magazine July 6, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking |
Free Virus and Spyware Protection: What's Right for You? Everyone needs antivirus and antispyware software, but not everyone wants to pay for them. The for-pay versions are the best, but some of the free security software is great, too -- and some is terrible. We tell you which is which. |
InternetNews July 7, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Symantec Offers Public Beta of Security Tools Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 are live for users to put through the paces. |
PC Magazine July 7, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking |
Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security 8.3 Ad-Aware Pro is very effective at preventing malware installation on a clean system, less effective at cleaning up malware that already managed to install. |
InternetNews August 13, 2010 |
Malware Discovered on Another Red Cross Website The Red Cross of Serbia was targeted by hackers who injected malicious JavaScript files onto several of the organization's web pages. |
InternetNews January 29, 2010 |
Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site. |
InternetNews April 28, 2010 |
Hackers Drawn to Cheap, Simplistic Malware Kits Latest security vendor study finds that do-it-yourself malware kits are popping up everywhere online and bringing even more amateur hackers into the fold. |
InternetNews November 4, 2009 |
Kaspersky Offers Macs a Security Blanket Antivirus software designed to thwart growing malware threat to Macs. |
PC Magazine May 11, 2009 Neil J. Rubenking |
Prevx 3.0 This behavior-based tool does better overall than its signature-based competition-and it's tiny, because detection takes place in the cloud. |
InternetNews June 11, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
'Morro' Beta Coming Soon, Says Microsoft Company confirms that OneCare replacement is still on track for release this year. |
InternetNews November 8, 2010 |
Spam Surges 28 Percent in October: AppRiver Hundreds of millions of spam emails were distributed every day in October and most of them originated in the United States. |
InternetNews January 27, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Ramp Up Short-Lived Web Sites Sites that are here today, gone tomorrow are difficult to track and block. |
InternetNews November 2, 2010 |
Sophos Serves Up Free Security App for Macs Sophos firm is giving away free anti-malware software for the Mac OS. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events. |
PC Magazine July 25, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking |
GarbageClean 2.0 Don't rely on GarbageClean for malware protection. It doesn't matter how little it costs -- it's still garbage. |
InternetNews July 1, 2010 |
Malware Leverages 'Twilight: Eclipse' Mania Fans of the 'Twilight' vampire movies had best be careful when searching the Web for movie information. |
InternetNews December 29, 2009 |
Security 2010: What Threats May Come Dawn of a new decade promises a new wave of cybersecurity challenges. |
InternetNews January 20, 2011 |
New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on. |
InternetNews September 10, 2010 |
Weekly Tally of Malicious Sites Grows to 57,000 Researchers at Panda Security have produced an alarming study, finding that Internet scammers create 57,000 malicious websites each week in an effort to rook unsuspecting Web surfers. |